A car accident can happen in seconds, but the symptoms that follow may last much longer. One of the most common questions patients ask after a collision is: “Is it normal to still have headaches after my accident?” The short answer is yes, headaches can continue for days, weeks, or even months after a car accident . However, a persistent headache should not be ignored just because someone was told recovery “takes time.” The better question is, why is the headache continuing, and is the patient recovering as expected? Headaches after an automobile collision can develop from several overlapping problems, including whiplash, irritated muscles and joints in the upper neck, concussion or mild traumatic brain injury, changes in sleep, increased pain sensitivity, or a migraine-like response following trauma. Because the cause can vary from one patient to another, recovery time also varies. For additional information about the different headache patterns that can develop following a colli...
Abstract In an El Paso personal injury trial, “required causation” is not a legal slogan. It is the clear, documented connection between the specific forces of an accident and the measurable injuries that followed. Without these elements, even a sincere patient story can be dismissed as subjective. With them, the record shows what actually changed after trauma and why that change matters under Texas law. Imagine you are preparing a case after a rear-end collision on I-10 or Loop 375. Your client had occasional stiffness before the crash. After the impact, the same client cannot turn their head without sharp pain, cannot sit through a workday, and shows restricted motion on testing. The defense will argue the problem was already there. The trial must answer whether the client feels pain. The question is whether the collision produced a documented change that would not have occurred in the ordinary course of the client’s life. In practical terms, that documented change is what “required ...
